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You do remember them say that Ditka's number would be the last they would ever retire right?

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I didn't believe that for a minute. More will be retired over time. It may not be Brian's but how do you quit retiring jerseys if you have a truly great player? They could have a player in the future who is greater than ALL of the players already retired. If you had a guy greater than Walter Payton or Butkus do you ignore that? Heck no. And they will retire that guys jersey, just like the others.

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Coordinator

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Good for the Bears. They can't change what has happened, but they can control how they treat Urlacher moving forward & can show some class by trying to mend some fences here. I hope Brian takes them up on this and while it may not make everything "right" again, it can help begin a healing process. It's a step in the right direction.

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At least they aren't waiting as long as they did with Ditka. There were a lot of cigars smoked, pork chops sold, and rounds of golf played between his less than amicable departure and the welcome home ceremony. This is one of the big differences between George as the head of ownership and Michael. :asshatsign: I'm sure George would have wanted it to end differently too and certainly Ginny as well.

I don't think Brian will turn them down and he needs to make certain he doesn't. Like I keep saying his issues aren't with the Bears as a team so much as they're with Phil Emery. It would probably be a very good idea to keep Phil in the background for this one. Way in the background. Let the owners and his teammates play the biggest roles in this and let the front office sit back and watch.

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Coordinator

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I didn't believe that for a minute. More will be retired over time. It may not be Brian's but how do you quit retiring jerseys if you have a truly great player? They could have a player in the future who is greater than ANY of the players already retired. If you had a guy greater than Walter Payton or Butkus do you ignore that? Heck no. And they will retire that guys jersey, just like the others.

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How? Because they're running out of them.

Whose numbers are retired?
Posted Feb 13, 2006

Larry: In your article about Bronko Nagurski, you said that his was one of 13 numbers retired by the Bears. Who are the other 12?
Brandon R.Orland Park, Illinois
Brandon: In addition to Bronko Nagurski's No. 3, the 12 other players who've had their numbers retired by the Bears are George McAfee (5), George Halas (7), Willie Galimore (28), Walter Payton (34), Gale Sayers (40), Brian Piccolo (41), Sid Luckman (42), Dick Butkus (51), Bill Hewitt (56), Bill George (61), Bulldog Turner (66) and Red Grange (77). And one more Mike Ditka (89).

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George Halas

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I don't think Brian will turn them down and he needs to make certain he doesn't. Like I keep saying his issues aren't with the Bears as a team so much as they're with Phil Emery. It would probably be a very good idea to keep Phil in the background for this one. Way in the background. Let the owners and his teammates play the biggest roles in this and let the front office sit back and watch.

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And Phil is the biggest reason why I think he ignores any invites to the Bears until he is gone.

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